On July 31st, Dave Nutter and I will lead walks at Montezuma. Dave Nutter will take a group down the dikes around Knox-Marcellus and Puddler's Marshes meeting at 715 am at the East Road Parking area. I will take a group along wildlife drive meeting at 700 am at the Visitor's center parking lot. We have permission to get out of our cars and view the birds along the drive. Then Dave Nutter's group will do wildlife drive and my group will walk the dikes at K-M and Puddler's Marshes. In this way we will have more coverage with two groups looking for birds.
We are doing this because of the drought conditions and lack of mudflat habitat at K-M marsh and Puddler's. However, the recent rains the other day and more rain expected Friday should keep habitat at these marshes. Last Sunday there was enough habitat at K-M and Puddler's marshes to support a group of 75-100 peeps, mostly LEAST SANDPIPERS with about 15 or so SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. There were a few LESSER YELLOWLEGS and singles of SPOTTED and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. We did enjoy close-up views of BLACK TERN family groups, CASPIAN TERN juveniles and others. Here are my ebird lists for last Sunday... http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30827481 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30833161 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S30833199 The forecast for this Sunday is a 30% chance for showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures in the morning will range in the 60s and 70s. If there are showers around, there will be more clouds. Remember the sun is very strong this time of year. I will provide a more detailed forecast in a couple days. Please bring water, as we don't want anyone getting dehydrated. Sunscreen also is recommended even with clouds. Again we would like to thanks the folks at Montezuma for making this happen! See you on Sunday!! Dave Nicosia -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
